MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/gfs/2508011200F108.gfs Searching file for grids... VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 VAR_make_datatype: no ltype: 10 Date: 4.5 day GFS valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 46.2,-100.28 Latitude: 46.20 Longitude: -100.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 58 1 950 505 SFC 943 569 29.5 19.4 54 10.2 22.2 146 16 307.8 310.6 297.4 353.6 15.18 3 900 985 25.8 17.9 61 8.0 20.2 152 32 308.1 310.8 297.0 351.8 14.45 4 850 1486 22.8 16.5 67 6.4 18.4 176 35 310.1 312.7 297.2 352.8 14.00 5 800 2014 20.3 13.5 65 6.7 15.7 206 31 312.8 315.1 296.8 350.6 12.28 6 750 2568 15.3 11.7 79 3.6 13.0 212 31 313.2 315.4 296.4 349.2 11.64 7 700 3149 11.7 4.6 62 7.1 7.5 239 26 315.5 317.0 294.2 339.5 7.63 8 650 3767 9.2 -10.9 23 20.1 0.3 268 32 319.4 319.9 291.1 327.9 2.56 9 600 4423 3.7 -16.1 22 19.9 -3.9 258 33 320.4 320.8 290.7 326.6 1.81 10 550 5121 -2.2 -18.5 28 16.2 -7.9 249 37 321.4 321.8 290.9 327.0 1.62 11 500 5869 -8.9 -21.2 36 12.3 -12.7 250 36 322.2 322.5 290.9 327.1 1.41 12 450 6674 -15.2 -26.2 39 11.0 -18.0 255 30 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.6 1.00 13 400 7553 -21.5 -34.0 31 12.5 -23.7 252 26 327.0 327.1 291.5 329.0 0.54 14 350 8522 -29.0 -42.1 27 13.1 -30.6 258 28 329.6 329.6 291.9 330.6 0.27 15 300 9603 -38.1 -49.0 31 10.9 -38.8 265 29 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.15 16 250 10831 -47.8 -57.1 33 9.3 -48.1 260 27 335.0 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.07 17 200 12276 -53.9 -63.5 30 9.6 -54.2 270 28 347.3 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.04 18 150 14127 -54.0 -79.1 3 25.2 -54.4 232 27 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.01 19 100 16690 -58.7 -84.7 2 25.9 -59.1 187 12 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.34 m Freezing level: 568.68 mb = 4860.46 m = 15946.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.62 mb = 3809.89 m = 12499.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.34 % Est. max temperature: 34.49 C = 94.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 813.97 mb = 1863.28 m = 6113.06 ft T: 21.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.59 C/km ThetaE index: 26.19 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 743.36 mb = 2642.54 m = 8669.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.16 C = 95.29 F Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lifted Index: -6.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Showalter Index: -6.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.10 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.36 C K Index: 41.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 610.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2623.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 794.91 mb = 2068.72 m = 6787.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.91 mb = 4024.41 m = 13203.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.91 mb = 12609.28 m = 41368.52 ft B at Equ Level: 2618.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.91 mb = 16092.86 m = 52797.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 407.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 407.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 135.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.0 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.20 Bulk Rich Number: 13.84 Bulk Shear: 189.56 m/s